Oh, just shoot me now...

[shiredancer]

Did I ever actually write here in my LJ that as of May my job would lighten up and I would be free to communicate again??? Did I actually have the audacity, the hubris, the goddamned ridiculous naivete to even think such a thing? Because *SHIT* if I'm not just drowning in work and deadlines and stupid, endless, mindless, boring, detail-oriented, insufficient-data-to-do-it-right-the-first-time-so-damned-if-I'm-not-going-to-have-to-do-it-at-least-twice CRAP right now, with no end in sight. And it just gets worse every year and I'm not at all sure if I'm going to be able to stick this out very much longer (but of course, I have to, because we live in such a fecking high cost-of-living area that oh yes, it definitely takes two salaries to cut it here PLUS my benefits which are the single most important reason for me to continue working at all).

So I'll just continue being exasperated and pissed off and stressed and incommunicative and freaked out over losing touch with everyone here, thank you very much.

Well, hot damn, I do believe this is my very first rant ever. Not quite my style,y'know? Go me.

*SMOOCHES* anyway. Never mind. You may return to your day.

Comments

[realdaisygamgee.livejournal.com]

Ladyfriend, you *know* I know just what you're talking about. I get irrationally annoyed when my students assume I get summers off--nope, kid, the fun never fucking STOPS around here...

*Hugs* and *hugs* and *smooches* and then more *hugs*!!

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[shiredancer.livejournal.com]

Yeah, honey, I know you know. Thanks for the hugs & support. End of the academic year is just so damned twitchy, isn't it? But hey -- my day just got a whole lot better. Claire's class had a Mother's Day tea and I came back to a reply from you!

If I'm spared further aggravation this afternoon I'll post a nice ameliorative brag about Claire's poem.

Love you so much!

[andraste-oz.livejournal.com]

Gah!

MANY MANY *HUGS* to you. I know what it's like, and I sympathise every step of the way.

Rant away if you want to, love. LJ is great rantspace.

{{{Sally}}}

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[shiredancer.livejournal.com]

Thank you, sweetie! I know you know what it's like -- it's the working life, huh? Just a little crazy right now; it will pass. I usually try to be very "up" when I post to LJ, but maybe it *is* time I vented a bit more...hmmmm.

Hugs back to ya, Vanessa. *Smooch*

[nonniemous.livejournal.com]

Urgh. LIfe never seems to slow down these days, unless you want entirely off the merry-go-round. I'm sorry you're not able to be here more, I MISS chatting with you. Urgh. But come back soon, when you can!

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[shiredancer.livejournal.com]

I'll try... oh, I'll definitely try! And yes, I'm stubborn -- *very* stubborn -- about refusing to get off the merry-go-round, or even giving up any part of it. I keep on trying to make it all fit in. What else is a woman to do? 'Cuz I think we're kind of all doin' that. It's just a bit extra-crazy right now, but maybe at the *end* of May it will slow down a bit.